join us in this work so important that we continue to do the work we're doing. thank you for being here. and for the support you all provided for the years and enjoy the rest of black history month and the rest of the year and get about the work of learning one conceptual thing we look at what is happening on the national level, i'm often reminded we don't think of 1964 as the count when barry goldwater was length for the president of the united states and now a conditional mansion of that movement and was a link game we are to make sure we're in the long game to get others to do the work and not

just for the african-american community but all the san francisco. so we thank you for being here.. um, join us in this work and have a good rest and have a beautiful day today so (clapping.) thank you. >> [♪music♪] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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give a round to lion's dance and the high school students. good evening! welcome to this year's official celebration of lunar new year city hall. i'm claude en chang with the heritage foundation. our a ap i heritage celebration team of volunteers look forward to this event to provide support to the mayor's office because

the lunar new year is the first major celebration of asian and pacific islander heritage in the year. also known the spring festival in china and many countries in asia. family and friends come together, visit, have good food. wishing each other the best of everything. happiness, good fortunate, good everything in the year. that's when we are doing here right now. the san francisco family coming together celebrating together. so, thank you for being here. >> i will say a few word in chinese now. after all it is lunar new year. [speaking chinese]

>> so this is the year of the snake. snake is known for the great wisdom, moving around, really quickly and with good energy and positive energy. the two words i heard most associated with the year of the snake -- renewal and transformation. renewal and transformation. i believe that this is what we in san francisco can look forward to this year. because -- because we have a mayor who is committed to doing the same. a mayor that is committed to restoring vibrancy in san francisco. to make sure our city is safe.

prosperous and a happy place for all families for our buildings. residents and for residents and tourists alike. welcome the host of the upon event our mayor daniel lurie. [applause] >> good evening. everyone. i'm so appreciative that you all are here tonight on behalf of myself and the city ask county of san francisco. it is my great honor to welcome to you our lunar new year celebration at city hall. tonight we garth upon to usher in the new year but to celebrate the rich traditions. vibrant culture and the contributions of our ap i

community. this year as claude uponeen said marks the year of the snake, symbolizes transformation and believes this will guide us as we embrace the opportunity ahead in 2025. lunar new year is a time to celebrate our shared history and diversity this makes san francisco one of the most if not the most dynamic city instead world. i like to acknowledge, yea. we can clap. i like to acknowledge our host committee sitting in the front row. city add administrator carmen chu. city attorney david chu. the chu association. sheriff paul miomoto, thank you. public defend or money on are

jue, supervisor connie chan and cheyenne chen and mahmood. thank you all for ensuring today's celebration reflect the importance this celebrating lunar new year deserves. today's event would not be possible without the work of claude en and al perez. thank you both for your continued dedication to our city and our community. i would like to acknowledge the representative of the councillor core. the people's republic of china. acting upon general chang thank you for being here. and before i list off all the councillor generals that are here, i like to thank our head of protocol penny cotter, penny, thank you for everything you are

doing for our city. we have representatives from australia, greece, columbia. singapore and kazakhstan, thank you for being here tonight. as we welcome this new year, i am excited about what lies ahead. let this be a time of growth. tune and transformation for all of us. individually and as a city. once again, thank you for joining us and i wish you a heavy, health and he prosperous new year. how did i do. i may get bfrment thank you and enjoy the celebration. councillor generals will you come up.

moving on to introduce the event cohost and san francisco's official family. welcome our friends city administrator carmen chu. >> thank you, claudine to al and the mayor, thank you for making a wonderful upon event like this possible in city hall temperature is a beautiful site to see people on the second floor and the first floor all joining in to celebrate. i don't think i seen a house this packed in awhile for our lunar new year celebration. category you and thank you for makeing upon event possible. i know work guess into this.

this it is a wonderful time of year for me and my family my parents wereim grant to the united states. our favorite tradition system this period it is a time when my family gets together, celebrate, jokes, good times, laugh. reminisce on the year and look forward to the iary ahead and how wonderful to celebrate this celebration and this tradition with our large are city family here the community members here. all of the people who are here in public service and our elected family that is here. i welcome you to city hall and thankful to be here and serve as your city administrator. [applause] with that i would like to invite my cohost to say a few words i invite our city

attorney david chu. sheriff miomoto. supervisor connie chan, supervisor cheyenne chen and mahmood come up and share a few words, yes, rounds of applause. >> good evening, san francisco and welcome to the asian american capital of the us here! we are home to the oldest china town in the united states. one of 3 japan towns. little saigon. our asian americans we built the railroad and wine country. created fortune cookies and technologies and established farm worker rights and the constitutional right to birth right citizenship. we have dhn despite chinese

eccollusion, japanese intern am. quake, fire, covid and antiasian hate we are arab ran america and the diverse communities that represent san francisco and i want to say to our vietnamese community, to our korean community -- and our [inaudible] community and our mandarin community. and with that i'm going to introduce our sheriff miomoto who will say welcome in every other dialect! >> thank you. city attorney. i don't know how i always have to follow him when we have these celebrations i will try. let me try indonesian. and this is for my wife.

i am honored be here representing our community not just representing our diverse a ap i community but also san francisco. and this opportunity to celebrate together and as carmen mentioned there are so many here it is wonderful to feel all of us together. sharing with each other and in celebration. i get to celebrate new year's twice. japanese tradition the beginning of the calendar year and an among later with my chinese family lunar new year and i'm fortunate to have that in my family and fortunate to share everything with the city family as we move forward with this celebration. thank you. let me introduce now i made it easy i our public defender.

>> thank you. sheriff. happy lunar new year to everyone. i'm proud to be the son of indian immigrants and the only south asian elected public defender in the country and proud and always a joy to see the diversity of our city community and asian community. i want to acknowledge this is black history month and the coalition tw asian communities have been important. in the development and growth of our city. as the public defender, we are committed to protecting rights in the courtroom and creating opportunities. opportunities for all the class we represent and their families that is something that bring mes moonhonor to do this for sab fran. claudine i appreciate you and the talking about importance of trans formation and renewal. as your public defender we are

committed to transforming and look forward to working with the new mayor and the board of supervisors to bring about more transformation and renewal and community safety for all of us, thank you. >> i'm here to introduce supervisor connie chan. [applause] >> thank you. and first i want to thank you know mayor lurie for being our leading host of the event and thank you city administrator carmen chu for being a gracious mc and host and claudine and al, al is somewhere in the crowd. want to thank both of you for all your effort for putting this together. while we are so diverse, we identify ourselves in different cultures and language we celebrate in unity. that is what is happening today. to see everyone here we celebrate in unity.

sending a message that san francisco is here and san francisco is celebrating. we are a sanctuary and will have a bright and greater future to come. for all of you to be here and part of this i'm grateful and i can be part of this community and this village celebrating together it is amazing for first generation immigrant growing up in china town. i'm also really grateful that now not just me as the only chinese-american member on the board of supervisors the last couple years we now have an addition to the board of supervisors and i'm so grateful to introduce her supervisor chen. [applause] good evening, everyone. thank you again, thank you for being here and celebrating us

and san francisco tonight. i would like to go again with the mayors. this will is a year with hope and the year of transformation. this is i year of transformation that brings hope in the building that expands to san francisco. and i have my daughter and she is here. hi. she is very proud that this is the year of the snake. she is snake moves fast but get things done. i'm hoping and hopeful this is the year of snake that we celebrate pleasurement and celebrating a safer san francisco, a vibrant san francisco and welcome all people from across the state or the nation and internationally to come back to san francisco and celebrate with us next year, lunar new year in here in san francisco. thank you and i want to say a few word in chinese. i grew up in china i would like

it say in in mandarin. now i'm going to introduce my colleague supervisor mahmood. >> i'm mahmood supervisor d5. i'm proud to be the first south asian elected of the board to add balance with the public defender. i'm proud for this to be my first lunar new year celebration it means so much to my family. my parents were immigrants to over 40 years ago. my partner's family as well from china over 40 years ago.

they came here classic immigrant story. started a restaurant. ran it for 30 years and they still have in the retiredeen though they should. but this year will be the first year despite having been in the china town community they will be in the lunar new year parade. i'm glad to be able to give them that opportunity for the first time and that's what the city represents a beacon forim grants and a boekon for small business and beacon of hope we'll ensure as san francisco city hall that continues to be so. thank you feb. for being here and enjoy the rest of the celebration. [applause] >> my fellow cohost. don't think you get off the stage you gotta stay that is part of the job. i would like to invite our board of supervisors to come up and i know we are joined by supervisor fielder, supervisor melgar, supervisor sauter. supervisor walton and engardio

and i believe president of the board of supervisor, supervisor mandelman. i like to ask supervisor mandelman to say a few wordos behalf of the board of supervisors. [applause]. carmen chu! best city administrator in the world. she is so good! and david chu, we are so grateful for the work that you are doing to the right citizenship and stick up for san francisco values. i'm rafael mandelman the d8 supervisor and president of the board of supervisors and i'm happy for cone chan she does not have to be the ap i caucus alone as she did for two years. thank you supervisor chen and we have more than a majority of the board here. i on behalf of the board want to wish everyone a happy year of the snake. i want to thank claudine and al

for doing this every year. year after year. mr. mayor, this is i think the biggest celebration we had in many years and that is -- amazing congratulations. >> happy year of the snake, everybody. that's about as much as i got! [applause] nice job, supervisor. my honor to invite our other elected officials the seszor torres. cisneros. members of the unified school board. please, come on up. now i what you know are thinking are we saying everyone will have a turn at speaking, no. i want to say thank you to our

officials for joining us and perhaps i can ask the mayor to come up there is a photo opportunity awaiting us here. and may be i can ask all of my elected family to join in our lunar new year greeting follow after me. trust what i ask you to say. right? ready. upon happy new year, everybody!

is this working? thank you city officials. next we have our great performance for all of you. from the korean community. warmly welcome kim the teacher for many years in korean

traditional dance and with the percussion instrument. please, welcome our korean performer. [♪music♪] [applause] ♪♪ ♪♪

>> next the next is really san francisco tradition. in the united states the lunar new year was launch in the noot first ever stamp honoring the culture of chinese-american in the united states. with the year of the rooster and the historic of that stamp in our city in san francisco. and every year since then san francisco hosted the national

first day of ceremony or like today the ceremony unveiling of the new year stamp. the stamp is a unique instrument of communication archifies a part of our culture. and in the case of the lunar now year stamp, the lunar new year series the stamp tells the story of the chinese zoed iac about how during the lunar cycle each year represented by a different animal. today to conduct the stamp ceremony. welcome san francisco post master.

thank you. claudine. good evening. my honor to be here from the united states postal service as we celebrate the year of the snake with the new stamp. i want to thank you our community and leaders for the support. as a post master of san francisco i'm proud to recognize this beautiful and meaningful stamp and valued by the community in san francisco and employees to who celebrate lunar new year. design with families and community together as you have done today. to celebrate the unveiling of this stamp. the postal service is proud to celebrate the nation's history and heritage through our stamp's program. the lunar new year collection and the most successful stamps

live in the history of the postal service. no surprise considering 1.5 billion people around the world mark the events. for more than 3 decades the postal service proudly issued stamp celebrate the lunar now year the tradition, now moving toward the heritage starting in san francisco. with the 1993 unveil nothing 2020 the pestal service introduced the third lunar new year series a 6 stamp in the will city of 12 stamps will continue through 2031. with the stamps of the year ram, monkey, dog and bull. the year of the snake stamp features 3 dimensional snake created by an artist with art director and antonio [inaudible].

the beautiful in lunar new year [inaudible] that series of what is a take on the long tradition of paper art crafted created the year of the [inaudible]. out of hand printed paper, cut, scored and foeldzed into shape. embellished with paint and other paper elements. and then for the layer of papier-mache. the mark was photographed on a white background. those born in year of the snake wise and deep thinking. making them proefficient philosophers, writers and teachers, that's you. like the snake, we have adopted improved efficiency and embraced innovation to service to our

customers. we can share the snake many qualities to have in our communication, wisdom in judgment and [inaudible]. the stamp is available now at any post office including the china town station. you can order them at the convenience of your home at usps.com. as you add the stamp to your collection or use it to mail lieuar new year, our hope that year of the snake stamps live peace, joy and comfort, to and you your family. thank you again for it is an honor to celebrate a meaningful stamp for the community of san francisco. now i like to ask mayor lure tow come and [inaudible] the snake stamp forever.

[applause] the cohost to come up, please.

>> thank you very much i hope everybody bias a stamp. send a letter to the person that you have been wanting to. you know this love letter you were supposed to send last year all of those cards go get your stamps. i'd like to introduce two pillars of our community individuals who have been integral in representing our community. people helping to organize our lunar new year parade and the festivities this be happening across the city. upon donald lu heading the chinese chamber of commerce.

welcome. i'm going speak in chinese.

happy new year. mayor lurie, member of the board of supervisor. elected officials. acting council and council general and all member of the council for the dignitary. welcome to the start of the year of the snake. the [inaudible] in china town was a success. thouz afternooneds of logos coming together to celebrate the traditions. the events sought largest turn out since the panning demmic making a significant revival for

china town. the communities resilience in preserving culture and traditions embracing the vibrancy of lunar new year. the momentum for this year celebration begin with mayor lurie celebration in china town, which set the tone for an exciting start. to the festivities the mayor recognition of china town's cultural and economic significance energizes the community. and carry in the lunar now year celebration. looking ahead, china town is preparing for the record bricking crowd. the chinese lunar new year street fair and parade. one of this year's most significant event for local merchances more than just a celebration. this event serve a vital

economic driver. with accidents 30% of the sale during the month festivities. exciting with renewal sense of community spirit, the year of the snake is off to a great start bringing practice perity. culture and celebration back in the heart of china town. as we embrailles the wisdom and transformation the year of the snake represent may it bring you health, mos prosperity and success the year happy with peace, happiness and the opportunity. >> the chinese chamber of commerce. thank you aside prosecute parade i know the you have for us. i think we need a rounds of

applause to the china sooun tune usa contestants standing here and -- to be at this event. >> i forgot to recognize all the local beautiful contestants mrs. china town usa and thank you to the assistant of jude and he alex fong our board member. thank you for your participation this year pageant. thank you the chinese chamber show up at the parade on the 15th. when you came in the rotunda to city hall you realize saw the two pandas the two beautiful colorful pandas on each side of the entrance. for this we have to thank the chinese historical society for delivering them. the pandas were 8 in china town in different places on this and bring fortune and luck to the

community. thank you. moving forward. before we introduce the next performance i like to give thanks to the experiencing the lion dance year after year. thank you. and the volunteers. we can't deal without the lion dance. and then all the volunteers that make this event possible. the volunteers that helping with asian american ap i heritage celebration. thomas lee. . grace, of course our one and only al perez entertainment commissioner to produce the show this evening and many other volunteers we have, thank you so much for helping out and supporting. let's thank our volunteers. please!

>> and now i like to invite our indonesian performer to join us. this is going to be a treat. this is one of indonesian most famous mask dance.

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>> hello we are not done yet. because we have prepared forut grand final performance for the evening. i want to reminds everybody that on your way out now new year celebration without the fortune cookie. on your way out please, pick up your own box of fortune! now the grand final, welcome our

filipino performers to perform the -- [inaudible] dance company. thank you. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [applause] [♪music♪]

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there can to the cultural performers i hope you had good fun are you having a good time! thank you for being here. thank you to all the volunteers, sponsors and heritage foundation. chinese chamber of commerce and everyone. we hope to see you here next year and remember to pick up on your way out have a good evening. thank you.

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exhibiting senior art work across the bay for 30 years as part of our traveling exhibit's program. for this exhibits we partnered with the san francisco art's commission galleries and excited show case the array of artist in historic san francisco city hall. >> [inaudible]. call me temperature is unique when we get to do we, meaning myself and the 20 other professional instructors we are working with elders we create long-term reps i can't think of another situation academically where we learn about each other.

and the art part i believe is a launching pad for the relationship building:see myself well. and if i don't try when my mom again. she may beat the hell out of mow if i don't try >> seniors, the population encounters the problem of loneliness and isolation even in a residential community there hen a loss of a spouse. leaving their original home. may be not driving anymore and so for us to be ail to bring the classes and art to those people where hay are and we work with people in all walks of life and circumstances but want to finds the people that are isolated and you know bring the warmth there as much as art skill its personal connection.

men their family can't be well for them. i can be their fell and feel it. >> i don't have nobody. people say, hi, hi. hello but i don't know who they are. but i come here like on a wednesday, thursday and friday. and i enjoy. >> we do annual surveys asking students what our program does for them. 90 plus % say they feel less alone, they feel more engaged. they feel more socially connected the things you hope for in general as we age. right? >> and see when i do this. i am very quiet. i don't have anybody here talking to me or telling me

something because i'm concentrating on had i'm doing and i'm not talking to them. >> not just one, many students were saying the program had absolutely transformational for them. in said it had saved their lives. >> ihink it is person to support the program. because i think ida elder communities don't get a lot of space in disability. we want to support this program that is doing incredible work and giving disability and making this program what supports the art and health in different way bunkham art as a way of expression. a way of like socializing and giving artists the opportunity also to make art for the first

time, sometimes and we are excited that we can support this stories and honor their stories through art. we hope the people will feel inspired by the variety and the quality of the creative expressions here and that viewers come, way with a greater appreciation of the richness what elders have to share with us. [music] >> a lot a ton with the

community and we say to ourselves, there is this one and this one. we all compartmentalize them, we have our own agenda. our agenda is to create great work. if you are interested in that, you are part of our community. >> hello and welcome to brava theater. >> we are trying to figure out a way to make a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone now. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons, from producing dance, theater, presenting music, having a full- scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year.

a lot of our emerging artists to generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have that work produced in new york, going on to the edinburgh festival, the warsaw theater festival. to me, those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing,

established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of coming back 25 years later and seeing personally my own evolution as an artist and thinker. the whole effort to put the

chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is, in itself, for euro-american theaters, a radical position. because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at how hard it is for us to strive to keep our theater is going, etc. i like to think that i'm not struggling quite as hard, personally, but what i mean by that, the intention, the commitment. particularly, to produce works that would not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture women of color artists. i think that is something that has not shifted for me in those 25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work.

♪ >> when people talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what we have on our staff. we have a south asian managing director, south african artistic director, latino community out rich person. aside from the staff, the other people, artists that we work with being a reflection of us, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. when i came in, i tried to make it about the work that shows the eclectic mission district, as well as serving the mission. those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is

dev mission's goal is aiming to train young adults, youth so we can be a wealth and disparity in underserved communities like where we are today. my name is leo sosa. i'm the founder and executive director for devmission. we're sitting inside a computer lab where residents come and get support when they give help about how to set up an e-mail account. how to order prescriptions online. create a résumé. we are also now paying attention to provide tech support. we have collaborated with the

san francisco mayor's office and the department of technology to implement a broad band network for the residents here so they can have free internet access. we have partnered with community technology networks to provide computer classes to the seniors and the residents. so this computer lab becomes a hub for the community to learn how to use technology, but that's the parents and the adults. we have been able to identify what we call a stem date. the acronym is science technology engineering and math. kids should be exposed no matter what type of background or ethnicity or income status. that's where we actually create magic. >> something that the kids are really excited about is science and so the way that we execute that is through making slime. and as fun as it is, it's still a chemical reaction and you start to understand that with

the materials that you need to make the slime. >> they love adding their little twists to everything. it's just a place for them to experiment and that's really what we want. >> i see. >> really what the excitement behind that is that you're making something. >> logs, legos, sumo box, art, drawing, computers, mine craft, and really it's just awaking opportunity. >> keeping their attention is like one of the biggest challenges that we do have because, you know, they're kids. they always want to be doing something, be helping with something. so we just let them be themselves. we have our set of rules in place that we have that we want them to follow and live up to. and we also have our set of expectations that we want them to achieve. this is like my first year officially working with kids. and definitely i've had moments where they're not getting something. they don't really understand it and you're trying to just talk

to them in a way that they can make it work teaching them in different ways how they can get the light bulb to go off and i've seen it first-hand and it makes me so happy when it does go off because it's like, wow, i helped them understand this concept. >> i love playing games and i love having fun with my friends playing dodge ball and a lot of things that i like. it's really cool. >> they don't give you a lot of cheese to put on there, do they? you've got like a little bit left. >> we learn programming to make them work. we do computers and programming. at the bottom here, we talk to

them and we press these buttons to make it go. and this is to turn it off. and this is to make it control on its own. if you press this twice, it can do any type of tricks. like you can move it like this and it moves. it actually can go like this. >> like, wow, they're just absorbing everything. so it definitely is a wholehearted moment that i love experiencing. >> the realities right now, 5.3 latinos working in tech and about 6.7 african americans working in tech. and, of course, those tech companies are funders. so i continue to work really hard with them to close that

gap and work with the san francisco unified school district so juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for

our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity

loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn how to use computers. graduated from the program and he wanted to work in i.t.. well, eduardo is a dreamer. right. so trying to find him a job in the tech industry was very challenging, but that didn't stop him. through the effort of the office of economic work force and the grant i reached out to

a few folks i know. post mates decided to bring him on board regardless of his legal status. he ended his internship at post mates and now is at hudacity. that is the power of what technology does for young people that want to become part of the tech industry. what we've been doing, it's very innovative. helping kids k-12, transitional age youth, families, parents, communities, understand and to be exposed to stem subjects. imagine if that mission one day can be in every affordable housing community. the opportunities that we would create and that's what i'm trying to do with this ♪♪

>> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others.

it's not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place. we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan.

this is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed. this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu

deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san

francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives. you're watching fr